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Old 12-08-2023, 09:55 AM   #721
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It's going to be crushing when he picks the Dodgers.
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Old 12-08-2023, 09:57 AM   #722
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I hope the Jays are filming some type of behind the scenes special on this. Would be a good watch.
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Old 12-08-2023, 09:58 AM   #723
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Old 12-08-2023, 10:00 AM   #724
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It'd be the funniest #### ever if he re-signed with the Angels after all of this. The baseball social media meltdown would be legendary.
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Old 12-08-2023, 10:01 AM   #725
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Old 12-08-2023, 10:06 AM   #726
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Buster Olney believes Dodgers are the favourites. Time for more collective Canadian heartbreak, like with Kawai?

https://www.tsn.ca/mlb/with-shohei-o...ites-1.2046301
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Old 12-08-2023, 10:06 AM   #727
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This is torture.
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Old 12-08-2023, 10:08 AM   #728
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I don't really get why he'd pick Toronto. This feels like Kawhi all over.

Rogers Centre will be elevated from the third worst stadium to middle third at best once the renovations are done (but still with turf), the city of Toronto itself is fine but not the best, the team is not going to be as good as the Dodgers, and then you have all the usual stuff that professional athletes complain about, like having to clear customs after every road trip.

Hope he picks the Jays, but feels too good to be true.
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I don't really get why he'd pick Toronto. This feels like Kawhi all over.

Rogers Centre will be elevated from the third worst stadium to middle third at best once the renovations are done (but still with turf), the city of Toronto itself is fine but not the best, the team is not going to be as good as the Dodgers, and then you have all the usual stuff that professional athletes complain about, like having to clear customs after every road trip.

Hope he picks the Jays, but feels too good to be true.
Apparently the Rogers centre has the best mound in the league, to the point where after pitching against us and winning, Ohtani went back out onto the field after the game to inspect the mound.
He's not in the outfield, so I don't think he cares much about the turf, but if the mound is great, that's a big plus for him.

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I don't really get why he'd pick Toronto. This feels like Kawhi all over.

Rogers Centre will be elevated from the third worst stadium to middle third at best once the renovations are done (but still with turf), the city of Toronto itself is fine but not the best, the team is not going to be as good as the Dodgers, and then you have all the usual stuff that professional athletes complain about, like having to clear customs after every road trip.

Hope he picks the Jays, but feels too good to be true.
Disagree on the city. Toronto is pretty great, and an international city. I'd put it up there with some of the best (Chicago, Boston, etc.).
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Buster Onley wants all of the best payers on like 6 teams. He is beyond irrelevant these days.
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Disagree on the city. Toronto is pretty great, and an international city. I'd put it up there with some of the best (Chicago, Boston, etc.).
Agreed, it gets lots of flak from Canadians, especially Ontarians, but as someone who has been to a lot of the big North American cities, Toronto is right up there.
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Old 12-08-2023, 10:22 AM   #734
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Yeah, combined with Olney's article earlier this week scolding Ohtani's group for their silence, I can't imagine he's on the inside on this one.

Feels a bit like old man shaking his fist at the sky.
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Old 12-08-2023, 10:24 AM   #735
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Agreed, it gets lots of flak from Canadians, especially Ontarians, but as someone who has been to a lot of the big North American cities, Toronto is right up there.
Great skyline, on the water, fantastic food and culture scene, close to major markets.

Chicago is the best comp for me.
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Old 12-08-2023, 10:25 AM   #736
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Ohtani was basically chiseled out of marble by the Japanese baseball gods so he’s in great shape but, considering he just had surgery on his pitching arm, there will be some concern about his arm health. Insurance almost certainly will require it and we know Rogers will want as good of an insurance policy as possible.
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Old 12-08-2023, 10:26 AM   #737
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Toronto IS a definite world class city. For two reasons specifically: safety and diversity. I don’t think there’s a comparable to any US city. That’s just me though.
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Old 12-08-2023, 10:40 AM   #738
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We will need Michael Lewis to write a book on this.
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This could be a historic day for Canadian sports. Let's ******* go
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